The Case of the Late Pig (The Albert Campion Mysteries) Paperback – February 3, 2017

This is an incredibly complicated case for gentleman sleuth Albert Campion. It all starts with the funeral of an old schoolmate. Pig Peters was a nasty boy in school, and Campion is pleased to find him being buried — although who sent Campion the oddly flowery note urging him to attend the funeral is a mystery.More mysteries follow. Campion is summoned to the charming village of Kepesake by the Chief Constable of the county. Leo Pursuivant is a likable old boy, and Campion feels obliged to help him with his local murder. Campion is surprised to recognize the corpse. More surprises follow...No sooner does one body disappear than another turns up. Campion, attracted to Leo’s lovely daughter Janet, fails to impress her with his sleuthing. But so far in this series, Campion never gets the girl. He’s too preoccupied with solving murders and barely escaping being murdered himself.This book was a lot of fun, and an excellent puzzle.

A shortish Albert Campion book, and the only one I can recall that Campion narrates in first person. The story is clever and the characters endearing as always, but the Kindle version is full of uncorrected typos! Someone scanned the book (first published in 1937) and then did not proof it! Typos like "a dung I did not expect to happen" and "Ton my soul, Campion!" are pretty damn obvious and also are irritating. I would not mind expect that they charged me $5.999 for a short novel for which the author is long dead. I never take stars away for formatting of books by living authors, but that's not an issue here.

Once again, Ms Allingham shifts her style. This time she writes the story in the first person. Albert Campion tells his own story, sharing all his fears and flaws. The book is very short. She fills it with her trademark interesting characters, many of whom are despicable. It is a fun, fast read.

I'm picked up this book for two reasons: I want to read and become acquainted with more of the classic literary detectives, and because it is written in the first-person narrative, the same style as one of my favorite Agatha Christie novels - THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD.On the first point, the novel[ette] was somewhat successful. I had a decent introduction to Albert Campion. Now, to read a few more of her Margery Allingham's acclaimed novels to firmly cement my opinion of the man, his style and his flare. Any suggestions?On the second point, THE CASE OF THE LATE PIG is a fail. I was distracted. I didn't follow the flow of the story or the case well. Narrative involving simpleton speak in the vernacular makes for very difficult reading in my opinion. It's a technique Agatha Christie employs, but her use is not as 'thick' as in this case; It's the difference between Louisiana Bayou and Kentucky Blue Ridge.Good plot. I enjoyed seeing it all unravel at the end. The plot certainly is not the element that cooled me to this work.[Kindle edition review]PLEASE edit this and reissue it to those of us who spent money on it. Granted, there is 'simple speak' narrative which mandates improper spelling. However, when hideous misspellings occur apart from the vernacular, something is definitely wrong. There is even a case where a character's name is broken with a space in the middle of it. Seriously, we expect better, especially from classic literature.

I am re-reading all of the Albert Campion mysteries. They were favorites in my youth. I am delighted to say the mysteries are delightful and I am having great fun re-reading them all.

Great story, delightful characters, fascinating cultural references, genuinely well written.

I don’t always love Marjorie Allingham’s work; but I found this book to be really excellent. The plot is intriguing and the characters well drawn.

I love Margery Allingham’s Campion series.

Great fun to read, lots of jolly japes, covering very disturbing events. She is better at writing than Christie, who was more original at plotting. A darned good read, what ?

I am really enjoying these. Whilst not contemporary in style or language Margery Allingham was a gifted and fiendishly ingenious mystery/crime writer and if you have the patience for delving into a time now past do give her work a go, she paints such beautiful pictures in her stories.

Thank you for a prompt service. Goods as described.

Not her best & far too shortDidn’t think the story told in 1st person really worked

I ordered this by mistake. I was after the paperback version, but Amazon try to steer everyone to the Kindle versions!